Black Opium

Editorial notes

1. 01

   The first mainstream feminine launch to centre a high-concentration coffee accord as its main gourmand signature, a reading of YSL's 1977 Opium for a younger generation.

2. 02

   Marie Salamagne described the Black Opium woman as 'urban, glam-rock'. Nathalie Lorson built the central coffee accord that defines the composition.

3. 03

   Four perfumers worked on the formula in parallel, a costly approach the brand used to ensure the launch hit a precisely calibrated commercial register.

4. 04

   Composed by Honorine Blanc, Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp and Nathalie Lorson in 2014 around pear and pink pepper over a coffee-jasmine-licorice heart with a vanilla-patchouli-cashmeran base.